Meet the Dance Teachers
Get To Know Us!
Our mission is to bring fantastic quality dance classes to Denton, Hyde, Reddish & Stockport which are relatable, exciting, social and fun whilst reaping the benefits of high-quality dance tuition along the way. We have a variety of dance classes available from age 3 right up to adult dance classes. Lane's Dance Academy in Denton is run by experienced dancers who have danced from childhood right through to having fantastic careers touring the world of stage & screen. They have even worked with the Strictly Come Dancing Professionals!!
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Victoria
Dance Academy Principal
You can find Victoria teaching the children's dance classes and the day-to-day running of the dance academy.
She loves :
Family time with their daughter Penelope
Chocolate
The Theatre
and Afternoon Tea!
Scroll down to read about Victoria's Dance Career - She has even danced with BBC Strictly Come Dancing!
Victoria started dancing at the age of 6 becoming a championship Freestyle Disco Dancer and competing on the Open Latin American circuit under the coaching of Keith Clifton.
Victoria trained professionally at BodyWork Cambridge Performing Arts and enjoyed a lengthy career in the Professional Dance Industry for 12 years.
Some of Victoria’s credits include 5 years Dance Captain Celebrity Cruises, Original Cast UK Tour Puttin’ On The Ritz, International Tour China Hooray For Hollywood, Dance Star Asia Singapore, Simply Ballroom Singapore, Yearly Qdos Pantomimes, Barclaycard Arena The World’s Biggest Pantomime.
Victoria & Andy also have their own Ballroom & Latin Dance Demonstrations which they perform worldwide plus various contracts with the BBC backing the Strictly Come Dancing professional dancers including Giovanni Pernice, Oti Mabuse, and Dianne Buswell.
Victoria is also a guest teacher and freelance faculty member at some of the top studio’s in Central Manchester including KNT Dancework’s, Shockout Arts, Centre Point and Northern Ballet School. She has various qualifications within the private dance sector of the IDTA and UKA plus a PGCE (M) in dance.
Victoria has had an amazing time travelling the world with her career and is now extremely excited to have her own dance school with her husband and pass on all her knowledge to the next generation of dancers.
Andy
Dance Academy Principal
You can find Andy teaching the Adults dance classes and the children's classes with Victoria on Saturdays.
He loves :
Family time with their daughter Penelope
Golf
Watching Sports
& The Theatre
Scroll down to read about Andy's Dance Career - He has danced with the legendary Debbie Reynolds & was scouted by Anton Du Beke for the very first Strictly Come Dancing Tour!
Andy began his training in Ballroom and Latin American dancing at the age of six. At the age of nineteen, he started working professionally in theatres, arenas and also on television. Most recently Andy has performed alongside many stars of BBC’s Strictly Come Dancing as part of the BBC’s Strictly at Sea Program.
Andy’s got his first professional performance job as an original cast member of Simply Ballroom, choreographed by Anton Du Beke and Erin Boeg. This very successful show did several UK tours, 2 tours of America, South Africa, Dubai, Singapore and a year’s residency in the Golden Nugget Casino Las Vegas. One of Andy’s career highlights was during the 2 American tours when he had the privilege to partner Hollywood Icon Debbie Reynolds within the show. He learned a lot discussing dance fundamentals and enjoyed hearing first-hand about Gene Kelly and Fred Astaire from someone who worked and trained with them.
Andy has performed on TV worldwide. Some credits include Dance Star Asia, Singapore’s version of Strictly. As a coach, he taught and performed with model Stephanie Carrington, where they reached the final of the series. He also performed on the Jerry Lewis Telethon live from Las Vegas to 80 million viewers and also back in England on ITV’s This Morning.
Andy’s next adventure took him to the seas spending 5 years working for Celebrity Cruises in partnership with Qdos Entertainment. As a featured dancer he performed in over 11 full-production shows. Dancing in so many different shows with different styles helped Andy become a more rounded complete performer. Through a great relationship with Qdos, he had a lot of input in creating many numbers around his speciality in Ballroom and Latin.
Other credits include Puttin’ on the Ritz - UK, alongside several stars of Strictly Come Dancing including Robin Windsor and Kristina Rihanoff. Hooray For Hollywood - China. Several pantomimes for Qdos Entertainment and also in the world’s largest pantomime at the Barclaycard Arena in Birmingham. P&O Cruises, teaching passengers and performing in showcases with Victoria.
Now Andy has finished all his travels he is passionate to pass on his knowledge and love of dance.
Lauren
Dance Academy Teacher
You can find Lauren teaching on Thursdays & Fridays at the Oasis Centre Location.
Lauren loves :
Dogs
TV show Modern Family
And playing board games with friends and family
Scroll down to read about Lauren's Dance Career
Lauren began dancing at the age of 11, starting off with Street Dance, Ballroom and Latin. She then began competing nationally with UKA Ballroom & Latin until the age of 18.
Her dance education followed her through high school, college and university. Outside of school, Lauren was scouted for the Northern School of Contemporary Dance Centre for Advanced Training Scheme, which saw her working with names and companies such as VERVE, Trinity Laban, Joss Arnott, Matthew Slater, Tim Casson, Keira Martin and many more.
Other training Lauren has completed is NSCD Summer Schools, NYDC workshops with Sharon Eyal at Sadlers Wells and UKA Street Dance and Ballrom & Latin examinations. She has been apart of other workshops throughout her training, working with names such as Rob Rich, Mykell Wilson, Kenrick H2O Sandy and Andye J.
Lauren then went on to train professionally at Shockout Arts, completing her BA(Hons) and gaining a First Class Degree in a variety of styles such as ballet, jazz, commercial, hip-hop, tap, musical theatre, contemporary and lyrical.
Lauren has had many performance opportunities such as Move it Main Stage in both 2019 and 2022, ResTec, FRESH, Connect, FMP, and Annual Shows.
From graduating in 2022, Lauren re-entered the competition world of Ballroom & Latin, and she is now looking forward to sharing her passion and knowledge with upcoming dancers.
